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Source: abs-cbnnews.com

-- The face-off between Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican slugger Miguel Cotto is the talk of the town in Sin City.

"We have the biggest fights possible for boxing you have in the mix of the great Mayweather, the great Manny Pacquiao, the great Miguel Cotto, the great Sugar Shane Mosley. There are a lot of fighters, they can fight each other," Oscar Dela Hoya of the Golden Boy Promotions told ABS-CBN North America News Bureau.

The who's who of the boxing world gave their insights of the two vastly different boxer, from two different continents. Yet, they share something in common: they are both natural born lefties.

Pacquiao may always be the crowd favorite and known as the No. 1 pound for pound king, who's gone through 290 total rounds in the ring, but not everyone is counting on the Pacman to win Sunday's fight (Saturday in the US) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Mosley warned Pacquiao against Cotto's power.

"This is gonna be an interesting fight. I don't give the edge to Pacquiao because Cotto is very strong and really tough. It's gonna be a difficult fight so hopefully Pacquiao is getting ready and is preparing himself because Cotto is a tough fighter," Mosley, who was beaten by the Puerto Rican in 2007.

Roger Mayweather, uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr., said Pacquiao's speed won't have a bearing in his fight against Cotto.

"Speed won't mean nothing. If you're in an exchange, the speed don't mean nothing. If you keep pressing Pacquiao, the speed don't mean nothing because Pacquiao got to sit down to hit," Mayweather said.

Veteran boxing referee Sonny Padilla, a Filipino, sees the other around. He is predicting Cotto will go down on the 7th or 8th round of the fight.

Padilla said he expects Pacquiao to repeat his strategy in his fight against Dela Hoya.

"Palagay ko iyong gagawing style niya ay iyong ginawa niya kay Dela Hoya. In and out, left and right movement... Ang delikado riyan maski anong ensayo ng boksingero hindi naman maeensayo ito," Padilla said pointing at his jaw.

He added that based on his own experience as a referee, the boxer who lands the first punch determines the outcome of the bout.